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Will Love for Food

Spring Risotto with Mushrooms & Edamame:

Risotto easily represents the pinnacle of nurturing, indicative of taking one’s time to craft something understandable and significant. What I love about the best risottos is their inherent restraint of ingredients in order to keep it simple, but with equal layers of complexity. Much like a deep and meaningful relationship with someone that lasts a lifetime.
I guess my best relationships have been the ones that you have to work at, with understanding, respect, and patience. Whether it’s nurturing a worthy rapport over time, or the slow approach to cooking, the results can be quite profound. For a risotto, it means letting the Arborio rice take its time absorbing the stock, and balancing flavors that make a statement. In this dish, the crushed fennel seeds added the distinctiveness, layered with hints of a longing Spring that included edamame and lemon. As the snow outside slowly melts with the forthcoming warm air, I sit and contemplate just how resonant simple meals and everlasting friendships truly can be.

SECRET INGREDIENT: Fennel seeds

TIP: Low and slow with heat, and have extra stock on hand and don’t be afraid to make the risotto extra moist.